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CVE-2012-0962

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.10, 12.04
• Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon: 0.43

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/51627
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51627
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789

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